Improvement in stays for the bottoms of pantaloons



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN D. MILLS, OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN rSTAYS FOR THE BOTTOMS OF PANTALOONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,343, dated February 2, 1875; application tiled August 22, 1874.

strength, and imperviousness to moisture.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical section, showing the position of the stay in the leg of the pants. Fig. 2 is a side View of the stay detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

A represents the pants. B is the stay. This stay is made either of india-rubber alone,

Y or of india-rubber combined with cloth or` muslin, in any desired manner. In this eX- ample of my invention the stay'i's a thin piece of rubber having thin muslin or other cloth attached to one or both sides by pressing or otherwise. 4C, Fig. 2, represents the rubber, and D the cloth or muslin. This goods is cut to the proper form to give the pantaloons the proper shape, and the stay is inserted bet-Ween the cloth of the pants and an inner lining, E, thereof, substantially as seen in Fig. 1.

The india-rubber stay is designed to take the place of the canvas stay now used in the manufacture of pantaloons to keep lhe bottoms of the legs in shape.`

I do not claim the application of a waterrepelling material to pants or other form of clothing; but,

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat` As an improved article of manufacture, the strip B, for application as a stay for the bottoms of pantaloon-legs, the same being formed wholly or in part of rubber, as shown and described.

STEPHEN D. MILLS.

Witnesses:

. T. B. MosHER,

ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

